#333 – Write about the Same Event…

…from #332 with the intent of convincing the reader that you were fully to blame.  Which version of the story is more convincing?

Let me ask you a question: would you trust an idiot with your most prized possessions?  Especially one that has proven time and time again to be difficult and refuse to follow directions?  That’s a question I should have asked myself before letting him hold onto my computer for a few weeks.

If it was so important to me, I shouldn’t have left it behind.  It should have been protected with me, or as safe as any electronic device is with me.  Instead, knowing what a backstabbing selfish thug he is, I left it there like some kind of moron.

He may have destroyed my computer and cost me years of work, but it was a completely preventable event if I’d been more protective over my own stuff.

Behind the Random: So, did I convince you that I was to blame for that event?  Because I still need some convincing myself.  Unfortunately, that’s the only time that I’ve been screwed over that I haven’t forgiven someone for.  So yeah…

#401 – That Day in Paris

Will you remember where you were the day it all happened?  The panic in the streets as people ran for their lives.  Destruction on a scale never before seen by human eyes as the news feeds prominently showing the Eiffel Tower in flames before collapsing.

For years, people in Western Civilization thought that they were safe.  That the problems from the rest of the world would never appear on their shores.  It was a sense of security that everyone took for granted.  Still, others would argue that no one could ever have expected what happened on that warm summer day.

Even now, years later, the damage is felt not only in France but around the world.  Though the French are slowly rebuilding, it will take a long time before the scars will be fully healed.  Countless lives lost and billions of dollars in damages.

What could have been done that could have prevented this unprecedented tragedy?  This has been a topic of debate for experts since the day it happened.  Some believe that it was as unpredictable as it was unavoidable and Paris was simply a victim of inevitability while others argue that being proactive and looking at all the signs could have saved much of the city, if not prevented the incident from happening at all.

As the politics continue to rage, a people still dealing with the incredible losses they suffered continue to march on, unwilling to fall to despair.  Their stories are heard everyday as prayers and well-wishes still pour in from strangers who have opened their hearts and even their homes to those who lost almost everything.

So do you remember where you were when Godzilla showed up that day in Paris?

Behind the Random: For the briefest of brief brief moments, I considered doing something romantic or similar ilk, but then that’s what people expect when they read about Paris…unless they know that I wouldn’t write something like that about Paris, in which case maybe I should have wrote something diabetic…Still, I’m satisfied with the result of this post.

I think this also marks the first time I’ve included a fictional character that wasn’t a part of the original challenge…